Safdie v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering, the appeal is from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), dated July 22, 1986, as, upon a jury verdict, was in favor of the defendant City of New York and against the appellants.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and as a matter of discretion, with costs, and the appellants are granted a new trial of their claims against the City of New York.
The trial court instructed the jury that if it found that the deceased’s negligence caused or…
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